Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: The role of post-operative adjuvant radiotherapy

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-55

  Dinshaw, Ketayun Ardeshir ^a   Agarwal, Jai Prakash ^a   Laskar, Sarbani Ghosh ^a   Gupta, Tejpal ^a   Shrivastava, Shyam Kishore ^a   Cruz, Anil D ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

HNSCC; Postoperative radiotherapy; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INDIA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22044444540     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20274     Document Type: Review

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